The pressure on brand manufacturers and thus on the packaging industry to offer environmentally friendly materials and processes is growing. To offer reliable and sustainable paper-based packaging solutions to predominantly large and medium-sized customers in the confectionery industry, packaging specialist Sappi Europe and packaging machine manufacturer Syntegon Technology have entered into a strategic partnership.

While Syntegon typically operates independently of packaging material and Sappi independently of packaging machines, their combined expertise now comes to the fore. Branded companies in the confectionery industry in particular can now benefit from sustainable paper solutions, enabling them to stand out from the crowd at the point of sale by providing a perfect blend of product protection and sustainability performance for their products. The first joint projects undertaken by the two companies in relation
to confectionery packaging for branded goods demonstrate that moving to paper-based solutions can be implemented efficiently and safely.